President Vladimir Putin announced that he would instruct the government to deliver on the idea of appointing Gazprom as the single operator of gas supply and gasification programs, he said on Wednesday at a meeting with the head of Gazprom, Alexei Miller, TASS writes.
"Okay, let me instruct the government...
By the end of 2020, Russia’s state space corporation Roscosmos will sign a contract to design the Nuklon space complex, which includes a space tug fitted with a nuclear reactor, said Alexander Bloshenko, the director of advanced programs and science at Roscosmos, TASS reported.
"The contract for preliminary design of...
The decline in oil prices, which occurs amid weakened demand and fears of a second wave of the coronavirus, will affect Russia’s oil and gas revenues, TASS writes.
According to the Finance Ministry, from October 1, the export duty on oil will decrease by $2.1 to $45.4 per tonne. However,...
Russia's Gazprom has reduced its natural gas exports to the region of Southeast Europe (SEE) by 23.5% year-on-year to 4.727 billion cubic meters in the first half of 2020, company data shows, SEE News reported.
Moldova was the largest importer of natural gas from Gazprom among SEE countries in the...
Russia has withdrawn a rapidly formed unit of “law enforcement reserves” that had been standing by to intervene in Belarus if the country’s post-election unrest got out of hand, the Kremlin said Monday.
Russian President Vladimir Putin announced on Aug. 27 that he has formed the unit of law enforcement officers...
Russia reiterated on Tuesday it was open to clearing up what happened to President Vladimir Putin’s top opponent Alexei Navalny, who Germany and other western governments say was poisoned with a Novichok nerve agent, Reuters reported.
Kremlin spokesman said everyone would be happy if Navalny recovered, and he was free...
Russia has recruited sufficient participants for its large-scale COVID-19 vaccine trial, known as a Phase III trial, the head of Russia’s sovereign wealth fund, which is backing the vaccine, said on Monday, Reuters reported.
“In just two weeks, 55,000 volunteers have already been recruited in Moscow,” said Kirill Dmitriev, head...
The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) celebrates its 60th anniversary on Monday and plans to retain the role of stabilizer on the global oil market for another at least six decades, Secretary General Mohammad Barkindo said in his speech published on the website of the OPEC Secretariat,...
Global fast food giant McDonald's Corp. plans to expand in Russia's far east in December, opening restaurants in cities such as Khabarovsk and Vladivostok for the first time, the company said on Monday, Reuters reported.
McDonald’s did not specify how many new restaurants would open in the region, but said...
The General Board of State Expert Review (Glavgosexpertiza of the Russia) has approved plans for the reconstruction of Runway-1 at Sheremetyevo International Airport based on a revised design documentation and engineering survey.
Glavgosexpertiza of Russia had approved the design documentation and engineering survey in May 2019 for several stages...
